Hay-loader.



J. D. MUSSER, DECD.

1. MUSSERfADMlNlSTRATOR.

HAY LOADER. APPLICATION FI LED APR.2| 1910.

1,1 58,586 I Patented Nov. 2, 191.5.

I B) W 'WTTORNEK COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,wAsmNOTON. D. c.

are are an men JOHN D. MUSSIER, 0F EASTON, OHIO; JACOB MUSSER ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON,

OF SAID JOHN D. MUSSER, DECEASED.

HAY-LOADER.

icense.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 2,1915.

Application filed April 2, 1910. 'Serial No. 553,050.

hay loaders and it appertains more .espethe annexed claims. The purpose of my. invention is to provlde simple and efiicient means for cleanly and cially to the specific features pointed out in rapidly loading hay withoutraking it into windrows. To make a device that shall operate while under continuous movement, discarding reciprocatory or vibratory means for gatheringthe hay and bringing it into reach of the endless web that is to convey it to the wagon. To provide meansfor auto: matically adjusting the gathering device to inequalities of the surface over which the loader is being drawn and to balance the weight of the loader mechanism on its driving wheels so that a lighter form of struc: ture can be used.

VVith these ends in view, I show in the accompanying drawing such an instance of adaptation as will disclose the features of the invention without limiting myself toth specific details shown.

The drawing shows a side elevation, partly in section of a hay loader in action.

The loader is attached in the usual manner to the rear aXleof the wagon being loaded, by means of a hook, 1,'or clevis fastened to the main frame 2. To this frame two bearings, 3, are secured in which the driving axle, 4:, is held. On this axle the usual driving wheels, 5, are placed, subject to a pawl and ratchet connection of usual construction. A sprocket driving wheel, 6, may be secured to one of the driving wheels on the outside thereof or on the shaft itself as desired. This, through a sprocket chain, 7, drives theupper elevator shaft, 8, which in turn operates the web 9, to convey the hay to the wagon. The frame, 2, also supports,

in bearings, 10, the lower conveyer shaft, 11, and apairof spring supports, 12, adapted to hold the gathering device in flexible suspension. Suitable supports, 13, serve to hold the conveyer boards, 14, in position through cross bars, 15, and longitudinal bars, 16. The web 9, is made up of two endless chains running over a pair of sprocket wheels on each of the shafts, 8, and, 11.

Slats, 17, are fastened to the links, at cerj tain distances apart. These slats carry tilting hooks, 18, that are pivoted to the bars and they have a control extension which rldeson the conveyor boards, 14, serving to hold the hooks erect while carrying the hay up the conveyor. When the top is reached the control end leavesthe floor, 14, and the hooks, subjected to gravity, assume the positlon shown in the descending portion of the chain web 9.. As the hooksreach the lower end they engage a curved extension, 19, of the floor 14, which instantaneously throws them into action so as to gather the hay from the ground and lift it intothe conveyer. i

4 To assist the conveyer and to insure the clean gathering of the hay, a supplemental device is used as shown. This is supported on a pair of triangular frames, 20,pivoted on theshaft, 11. These frames support a short length of web 21, which is a dupli cate of the web 9. Its hooks serve to assist the main hooks in gathering the hay. and delivering it to them for conveyance to the wagon being loaded. Thissho'rt web is driven by a pair of gears, 22, 23. This arrangement permits the lower pair of sprocket wheels mounted on'shaft,-2&, and the upper pair on shaft, 25, as well as the frame 20, to rise up and down to accommodate itself to any unevenness of ground that they may be drawn over. -EXtensions-or feet 26 of the frames 20 descend rearwardly to engage the ground. At their lower ends a rearwardly bent shoe 27 is attached to take any wearthat may be incurred. The parts of this supplemental device are suspended from apair of springs 12 which are adjustable. These springs may be so adjusted'that for most of the time shoes 27 engage theground. They serve to relieve the mechanism from shock in passing over deep ditches and washed out gut ters, or any suddenabnormal depressions.

The principal feature, of this my invention lies in the fact that the two sets of moving hooks travel differentially with replemental "web""21,moves with the travel to the unevenness of thefground on which ctu eis simple, direct acting and lcabl'e to the varying conditions to devices ofthis class are siibsald shaftsydlstancmg frames serving as Aii absence compl'e x ityriiisures I I ical in'anfufactiiif minimum repair costs and ease bf operation. v

' h'a T i i r 1. suitalol'e, s11pp'orting wheels merge coihbined gathering and elevating eviee carriedwithereby, asuppleinentary gatherei "ean's I depending therefrom "and engaging t e. ground-for automatically adjustin'g the same jtoth'e inequalities. of the ground, and suitable actuating mechanism for impartingmotion to both devices.

2. Inla leaders, thie'coinbi'natlon with a movable lconveyer, a s pl mental g'atherer driven 1, by the nc'niv'eyer mechanism, a conrser we s re Jane n rive s aft) interconnected driving means carried tages e m am a d ce activo tal parti an said frames co-akial with the shaft h'ere by the same may have mgvement i abeut agcis thereof without I distnrbing the relation of the driving conr' meflf e ee' e fe th rn mecha sm s -Po t eon; ans for driving the gathering device'from the elevating mechanism, means 7 for I pivoting es th f eetd ne o a b d y o e? ment around the axial center of its driving connection independently of I the main frame, means depending from the gatherer and engaging the ground to automatically maintain a working ;position Iof the gatherer, pivoted conveyers ascendingand descending onfboth ,mechanisms for moving the hay, means adapted to cause the conveyers to be activewhen ascending and inactive over a part of their descent.

4. A main; .fr'ame, an elevating device carrled thereby, a gathering device supported thereon, means depending therefrom to engage the ground meansfor actuating both devices means for pivotally supportingthe gathering device, and means for limiting the extreme downward movement thereof by the depending means aforesaid 5. A main frame, an elevating device supported thereon, a gathering device, a frame therefor, means for pivotally attaching the same to the main frame, means for actuating both devices, means for adjustably limiting extreme downward movements of the gathering frame, and depending means connectedtherewith for automatically adjusting the position of the gathering device through said means following the inequalities of the ground.

6. A traversing frame, an elevating device supported thereon, a pivoted gathering device, suitable driving connections, and conveying hooks therefor, means for holdingvthe conveying hooks of both devices operative while ascending, an means for causing the same to remain inoperative during themajor portionvof their descent.

7. A hay loader mending a main frame, an elevating mechanism operative in I the main frame, a gathering mechanis [including a gathering frameand an en e'ss belt conveyer operative in the gathering frame, means seemed to and projecting forwardly fromjthegathering frame, and means for pivotal y securing said forwardly projecting ineans to the main frame, whereby to 1 supp o 't the gathering frame for bodily pivota movement with relation to the main frame, I I I 8. A hay loader including a main frame, an elevating mechanism operative therein, a gathering frame, an endless elt 'conveyer operative in the gathering frame, and means for supporting the gatherin frame for bodilypivotal movement Witr relation to the main frame, said meansincludingarms rigidly connected. with and projecting forwardly from said gathering frame.

9. A hay loader including a main frame, an elevating mechanism ,operative therein, a gathering frame, an endless belt conveyor operative in the gathering frame, and connecting means between the gathering frame and main frame to at all times maintain the delivery end of the belt conveyer vertically above the elevating. mechanism, Sjaid connecting means permitting a bodily pivotal movement of the gathering frame with relation to the mainframe.

10, A hay loader including a main frame, an elevating mechanism operative therein, a gathering frame, an endless bfelt conveyer operative in the gathering frame, andmeans for p'i-votally supporting said gathering frame to permit bodily pivotalfmovement of the gathering frame with 'relation to the main frame, said means including posts extending from the mainframe and arms pivotally connected to the posts and rigidly connected to the gathering frame.

11; A hay loader including amain frame, an elevating mechanism operative therein,

a gathering frame, an endless belt conveyer 3 operative in the gathering frame, means for pivotally supporting said gathering frame to permit bodily pivotal movement of the gathering frame with relation to the main frame, said means including posts extending from the main frame and arms pivotally connected to the posts and rigidly connected to the gathering frame, and stops secured to the gathering frame below the arms to engage the main frame and limit movement of the gathering frame in one direction.

12. A traversing frame, a combined gathering and elevating device supported thereby, a supplemental pivoted gathering Copies of this patent may be obtained for device, means for actuating both devices, means for adjustably and elastically limiting the extreme downward movement of the latter, and means depending therefrom for automatically adapting the pivotal movement of the gathering device to the varying surface traversed thereby.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. MUSSER.

Witnesses ARTHUR KREAKIE,

N. L. RoYER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

